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Monday, December 19, 2011

A Citrus Christmas Treat - Easy Lemon Chex

My kids love Muddy Buddies - if you haven't made them, here's the recipe. It's essentially Chex, chocolate, peanut butter and powdered sugar. They are always a big hit and very easy to do with the kids. If you make a full batch, there's plenty to give away to friends as well.

This year, my oldest son is living on his own. He missed a lot of our baking being away from the house, so I wanted to make him a special treat. He LOVES lemon. Lemon pie, lemon bars, you name it.

I saw on the Chex box that you can make lemon buddies - they are essentially the lemon version of muddy buddies. Perfect!

The hubby was headed to the grocery, so I asked him to pickup some vanilla chips and more Chex so I could make them. When he returned, they didn't have vanilla, so he bought white chocolate. Well, it worked.

First, the ingredients (we made half a batch):

9 cups Rice Chex cereal

1 1/4 cups white vanilla baking chips (we used white chocolate)

1/4 cup butter or margarine

4 tsp grated lemon peel

2 tbl fresh lemon juice

2 cups powdered sugar

Put all the ingredients minus the Chex and powdered suger in the bowl and microwave. I didn't know how the lemon would affect the melting. It did a bit. Let me recommend a whisk for mixing them all together.

Pour over the Chex and mix. This isn't as smooth as the muddy buddies - again, I think it's the acidity of the lemon throwing off the smoothness you would expect, but with a little effort, the Chex will coat.

Then, into the powdered sugar. Shake.

Yum! I would recommend doubling the amount of lemon juice added - it could have been more lemony flavored. Of course, Oldest says you can never have too much lemon flavor.

This is a nice twist on all the chocolate of the holidays! Enjoy!

The Chex mix website has all kinds of cool recipes - check them out here.